Based on YTD 2019 data, more than half the capital raised by private equity infrastructure funds during the past three years was committed to global/multi-regional strategies. (A multi-regional fund is looking at more than one region, e.g., Europe and United States, but is not truly global.) Approximately 22 percent of capital raised by funds closing during that same period were Europe-focused, while another 20 percent of the total capital raised went to North American strategies.
During the past 12 months, each region’s market share has remained relatively stable. Global/multi-regional funds have been responsible for 53 percent of the capital raised, while Europe and North America are relatively equal, with North America coming in with 25 percent of the capital and Europe funds accounting for 20 percent of the fundraising market.
Interest in global funds has been growing for at least the past five years. Back in 2014, global/multi-regional funds represented about 30